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Last updated: 05 May 2009

Easy Low Fat Houmous

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  • Serves: 16
  • Yield: 16 servings
  • Ready in: 5 mins (5 mins Prep - Cook)
I make this houmous all the time. It only takes a few minutes to prepare, and it's healthier than shop-bought without the oil. Increase or decrease the ingredients as desired, especially the chillies! Serve with tortilla crisps, pitta triangles or fresh vegetables. Add more of the reserved chickpea liquid for a smoother dip.

Ingredients

  • 1 (400g) tin chickpeas - drained, liquid reserved
  • 1/2 fresh green chilli, sliced
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced

Preparation method

  1.   In a blender or food processor, combine chickpeas, green chilli, cumin, lemon juice, garlic and 1 tablespoon of the reserved chickpea liquid. Blend until smooth.
    

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Nutrition

  • Calories 34.3kcal
  • Calories from Fat 3.1kcal
  • Fat 0.3g
  • Saturated Fat 0g
  • Cholesterol 0mg
  • Sodium 79.9mg
  • Potassium 59.1mg
  • Carbohydrates 6.6g
  • Dietary Fibre 1.3g
  • Protein 1.4g
  • Vitamin A 4.5mcg
  • Vitamin C 3.6mg
  • Calcium 10.6mg
  • Iron 0.4mg
  • Thiamin 0mg
  • Niacin Equivalents 0.3mg
  • Vitamin B6 0.2mg
  • Magnesium 8.9mg
  • Folate 19.8mcg
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    Tweak: LIANA Used different ingredients:

    This houmous was super easy and so good! I'm a "houmous snob" too. I was skeptical about leaving out the tahini. I added a bit more garlic, a tsp of black pepper, a dash of tamari, and a chopped up spring onion to give it some of the flavours of my fave recipe. Great! I'm getting ready to make my second batch. Thanks for the recipe!

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    Tweak: BEETLEBUG887 Something else:

    So I had this tin of chickpeas sitting on my shelf and decided to make some houmous. However, it had to be something simple because I didn't have much else. I found this recipe and gave it a try. In all honesty I did stray from Erin's true recipe, but its close enough to say it was a GREAT basis to start with. I added some extra virgin olive oil (rather than the bean liquid) and salt. Instead of the chilli, I added 1 tsp of cayenne pepper. After blending it all, I tasted it, and added a few shakes of spice as necessary. Also, its a good idea to cover this with clingfilm and then allow it to sit in the fridge for at least an hour so that all the flavours can mellow and mix together!

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Reviews & comments Reviews & comments

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    Review: BridgetG.

    This did not taste like the hoummous I have had in restaurants. We ended up throwing it out. I would not make this again.


    Posted: 15 Sep 2008 Easy

        
        

    Review: Nightingale

    The recipe is easily scalable to much larger amounts. One thing I noticed is that in larger amounts, it started to get a bit too thick for the food processor to handle. My solution was to add a bit of crushed ice and water. It came out creamy and really good. Incidentally, I used dried chickpeas soaked overnight and boiled 3-4 hours instead of tinned.


    Posted: 15 Sep 2008 Easy

        
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